WITH its summer idyll of campfires and children playing pirates Swallows and Amazons is one of those adventure stories, like Peter Pan and Treasure Island, that has stood the test of time.
For the real star of BBC Films’ Swallows And Amazons is the Lake District and its unbelievably beautiful countryside.
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SCHOOL’S out and it’s time to play. What better time to release Swallows And Amazons and inspire children to hunt pirates instead of Pokemon and enjoy traditional pleasures like campfires, sailing and spying on the neighbours.
Breathless but driven by boundless energy, film producer Nick Barton leads his guest down a narrow gulley enclosed on both sides by ancient rock formations.
The cinema release of Swallows And Amazons will likely evoke many memories of childhood adventures. Chris Wiltshire visits film locations in the Lake District and proves you’re never too old to enjoy Arthur Ransome’s classic tale.
The new Swallows and Amazons film is here! Now in cinemas across the UK and Ireland, it stars Rafe Spall, Andrew Scott, Kelly MacDonald, Jessica Hynes and Harry Enfield.
The added action does also give the film a bit more vim and vigour than the overly genteel 1974 screen Swallows and Amazons , long a stalwart of holiday TV schedules.
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Swallows and Amazons started principal filming in the Lake District in June 2015. The team shot mainly in Yorkshire and the Lake District with two days in Scotland, which was used for the seaplane.